There's not one correct way IMO, just the way you like best. I tie the hackle in behind the eye or bead head (by the butt, shiny side facing the eye), then make two wraps of hackle very close to each other, then palmer hackle to tail. Next I put two wraps of ribbing material (that's already tied in at the tail) over the hackle and rib forward.
There's a good article on Mini Muddlers on the Global Flyfisher site. Great little flies!
Martin
mark romero wrote:
Yes, you should tye it in at the rear. Put your tail on, and then tye your hackle in, before you wrap your body. That way the butt of the stem gets hidden under the body if you tye the hackle in buy the butt. And if you tye it in by the tip, the body helps to reinforce the hackle, and you don't need to trim off the tip. mark
From: "Mike Thayer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [VFB] Palmering a hackle. Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:24:20 -0600
So it is normal tieing it in by the tip? I was told/taught that you should
tie it in at the back, and then i was told tie it in by the front. Which way
is the right way?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of mark romero Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [VFB] Palmering a hackle.
The normal way IS by the tip, for a Wolly Bugger of course. But, try it the
other way sometime, gets an interesting effect. What you need to do, is make
sure you have a hackle long enough so that the fibers/barbs will still be
long enough by the time you get up to the head. Then pull it throught the
water and see. mark
>From: "Bob & Janet Schimpf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [VFB] Palmering a hackle.
>Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:38:50 -0800
>
>Another hackle question. Do you prefer to tie the hackle in by the tip or
>the butt?
> Dean
>
> If it's a palmered hackle on a wet fly (like wooley worm) I tie it in
>by the tip. In all other cases, by the butt.
>
> Janet
>
>
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